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SkillUse an airport diagram or taxi chart during taxi, if published, and maintain situational awareness.
From the FAA library
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-20. Standard Taxi Routes
responsibility of the pilot to request a full taxi clearance if not fully familiar with the STR. e. A Letter to Airmen (LTA) will be issued by airport traffic control towers to announce availability, updates, cancelation ... changes of publicly-available STRs with appropriate updates to the Domestic Notices website. An LTA may include an airport diagram. The airport diagram will be labeled “not for navigation” and is not an acceptable substitute for the most…
- Chapter 9: Approaches and Landings › Final Approach › Wrong Surface Landing Avoidance
error, or at the wrong airport. The pilot should take a moment on every final approach to verify the correctness of the landing zone ahead. Lack of familiarity with a particular airport, complacency, or fatigue may lead to pilot confusion ... will line up with the wrong surface while perceiving the situation as normal. A pilot may compensate for any lack of destination airport familiarity by studying an airport diagram and lighting ahead of time and noting key features and geometry…
- Chapter 2: Ground Operations › Ground Operations
Developing risk assessment skills; 5. Using all resources; and 6. Evaluating the effectiveness of one’s own personal ADM skills. Ground Operations The airport ramp can be a complex environment with airport personnel, passengers, trucks, other vehicles, aircraft, and errant ... pilot to unique hazards, and mitigating those hazards requires proper planning and good situational awareness in the ground environment. A mitigation tactic involves reviewing the airport diagram prior to operating and having it readily available at all times. Whether departing…
- Glossary › Pilot’s Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual
depicts topographic information and aeronautical information including visual and radio aids to navigation, airports, controlled airspace, restricted areas, obstructions, and related data. V-G diagram. A chart that relates velocity to load factor. It is valid only for a specific ... VORTAC navigation aid or intersection, to another navigation aid (or through several navigation aids or intersections); used to establish a known route for en route procedures between terminal areas. Visual approach slope indicator (VASI). A visual aid of lights arranged…
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-2. Airports with an Operating Control Tower
surface areas and the proper taxi routes when operating on the ground. If not otherwise authorized or directed by the tower, pilots of fixed-wing aircraft approaching to land must circle the airport to the left. Pilots approaching ... clearance must be received from the tower before landing. Components of a Traffic Pattern NOTE-This diagram is intended only to illustrate terminology used in identifying various components of a traffic pattern. It should not be used as a reference…
- Chapter 14: Airport Operations › Collision Avoidance › Causal Factors of Runway Confusion
diagram and trace or highlight your taxi route to the departure runway prior to leaving the ramp. If you are operating from an airport with runway thresholds in close proximity to one another, exercise extreme caution when taxiing ... scan to ensure the aircraft heading and runway heading are aligned. Under certain circumstances, it may be necessary to use a runway as a taxiway. For example, during airport construction some taxiways may be closed requiring rerouting of traffic onto…